He believes that everything being shown to us in this world is merely a "copy". Critical thinking and extensive questioning is the only way to discover the unknown. Living truthfully and conscientiously would be considered the "good life". People should behave virtuously, displaying righteous values. Plato also recognizes the need to teach children from a young age to seek wisdom on their own.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist born in 1929. Some of his most famous writings include Letter From Birmingham Jail, The World House, and his I Have A Dream Speech. Dr. King firmly believed in fighting for social justice and equality in a nonviolent, yet persistent movement. Despite the violent brutality of police forces, the segregated tortures, and the overall mental/physical suffering inflicted upon him and all those who joined his movement, Dr. King stayed faithfully dedicated to his cause. He had a very grounded mindset that, although at the moment seemingly impossible, one day the racial barrier that encourages such barbaric treatment to African Americans will cease to exist. His direct goals weren't specifically to change the laws of the nations, but to change the minds of the people inside the nation. Ethically, one could hold their morals at the standard of the law. However, the law is not (or was not) justly represented making it "ethically" rational to disobey laws that were considered unjust. In contempt of all the inhumane treatment towards African Americans, Dr. King would never seek retribution for satisfaction. Instead, he prays for the souls of all those who have wronged him, similar to Socrates when he was executed in the end of the apology. Instead of eliminating his oppressors, he wished nothing but to be equal with them and live in unity, which was his ideal living preference. Our larger obligations to our local and global communities are finding strategies in which all mankind can settle conflict peacefully and live amongst one another with no tension.
Both Socrates and MLK Jr. are historical figures with strong beliefs. ... But now, both Socrates and MLK Jr. are looked to as influential and admirable presences that helped change the way people view the world. ... In Plato's Crito and MLK Jr.'... Socrates and MLK Jr. believe that the majority does not matter. ... Socrates is being put to death, whereas MLK Jr. is imprisoned. ...
- MLK viewed federal government as an ally. ... Mlk loses - Mlk experienced his greatest defeat. After nine months when MLK left Albany was as segregated as ever. Pritchett's strategy was successful in stopping MLK. ... Viewed as "young, energetic, and impatient" . ...
First, the ethical theory of Plato, which is a virtue-based eudaemonistic conception of ethics, is a very high aim of both moral thought and action. ... His ethical theory is an example of deontological moral theory. ... Lastly, Mill's ethical theory is that of utilitarianism. ... For my own view, I believe in the death penalty. The death penalty can be a very big topic sometimes, and different views can be understood. ...
Aristotle believed that moral virtue is a matter of avoiding extremes in behavior and finding instead the mean between the extremes. ... "Aristotle, Plato's most distinguished student, had views that were similar but more complicated. ... Plato based his ethical theory on the proposition that all people desire happiness. ... Plato differed from many Christian philosophers who have tended to view the basic problem of ethics as a problem of the will. ... "Plato argued that it is worse to commit an injustice than to suffer one, because immoral behavior is the symptom of a diseased soul. ...
Plato claims that poetry is two stages removed from the truth. ... Plato has three main objections to poetry – ethical, philosophical and pragmatic. ... This representation is not true to reality as different views yield different representations. In the view of Socrates, this is exactly what a poet does. ... Plato argues that poetry is not ethical because it induces emotions which should not be part of a logical and reasonable mind. ...
In Plato's Gorgias, Plato thinks it is important to explain what oratory is because he wants to question the ethical value or substance behind oratory's nature and function. ... The primary participants in the dialogue are Socrates, who represents Plato's own views, and Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles, who represent the views of the Sophists. ... Upon researching Plato's views on objective standards of morality, we learn that even in his other works, the Republic and Symposium, Plato argues against moral and aesthetic subjectivism. Rather, Plato approaches morality from th...
PLATO AND CONFUCIUS By Brent Monroe Pergram Platos ideal regime achieves justice by controlling individuals and their desires by setting down a compact to not tolerate injustice or suffering. ... Plato felt that a democracy or rule of the people gave each man, both just and unjust, license to do whatever they wanted. ... Plato therefore believed that the intellegent educated philosopher knew the truth and therefore would be just. ... To Plato only the philosophy class would have the knowledge to rule all equally and harmoniously. ... Plato talked about justice, while Confucius used ...
In Plato's view, the aim of philosophy is to enable just mutual cohabitation of people in the State, created in conformity with the laws of justice. ... The next consideration lies in the fact that in Plato's thought the notion of justice implies State that was formed either in compliance with tradition, or with his theory, on the whole, realizing some ethical ideal. ... Unlike Plato's view, they are neither filled with mystical religiosity, nor support those unorthodox theories of family and property "Res Publica- contains. In Aristotle's view the function of ethics is to ...
Two key aspects of Plato's ethical doctrine are found in the Phaedo: the theory of recollection and the theory of forms. ... Understanding the forms is what is most important for Plato. ... The idea of forms is vital to Plato's idea of immortal soul. ... The forms play a major role in Plato's basic ethical doctrine. ... I generally have to agree with Plato. ...